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7 AAC 47.450. Payment by individual. (a) The total monthly countable income considered available to an individual under 7 AAC 47.365 and any other financial assistance not excluded under 7 AAC 47.345 for which the individual may be eligible will be applied first toward the personal-needs allowance required by (b) of this section, and then toward the cost of the individual’s assisted living care. (b) An individual may retain $200 of the total monthly countable income as a personal-needs allowance, which may be used for clothing, unreimbursable medical expenses, and personal incidentals. (c) The department will inform the individual and the assisted living home of the amount of the individual’s share of the cost of care. The home shall collect the amount directly from the individual. (d) An assisted living home may not request or accept payment in excess of the amount specified in (c) of this section from or on behalf of an individual who receives assistance under 7 AAC 47.300 — 7 AAC 47.535. (Eff. 11/23/80, Register 76; am 8/12/82, Register 83; am 1/14/2000, Register 153; am 6/28/2002, Register 162; am 7/17/2024, Register 251) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.130

AS 47.25.120 AS 47.25.170 7 AAC 47.460. Payment by department. (a) For an individual who is placed in an assisted living home under 7 AAC 47.400, the department will pay the assisted living home the minimum daily reimbursement rate established by 7 AAC 47.470 or the augmented rate established by 7 AAC 47.471, multiplied by the number of days of actual residence, which includes sleeping, minus the individual’s share of the cost of care as calculated under 7 AAC 47.450. (b) Except for a placement under 7 AAC 47.510, payment begins only after an eligibility determination is made under 7 AAC 47.400. Payment to the assisted living home covers the day of an individual’s admission, but not the day of the individual’s departure.